Probably about 80% of the people in my town. Almost everyone is involved in sport hunting, rodeo, swearing, and smoking or chewing tobacco. Oh, and everyone one is related to each other in some way.
If you love hunting out of season and you accidentally date your cousin, you might be a redneck.
by Jada Skye October 30, 2006
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You don't have to live in the South of the US to be one, you don't even have to live in the US at all for that matter, you can be a redneck anywhere on this world, f.i. in Holland, as long as you live in a rather rural area, collect licence-plates, like cheap beer and want a Chevy Blazer, if you like at least some country-music and if you aren't too rich, you have all right to call yourself a dutch redneck, which we do...;-) An US-redneck-friend of mine will even send me a confederative flag, LOL.

Being a redneck is not necessary a bad thing, though it's used as an offensive word.
My dad calls us "island-rednecks", as we live on a remote island, but I never found out, if this is a compliment or an assault.
Proud to be a dutch redneck!
by sunny1 February 14, 2007
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Redneck is a lifestyle. not all rednecks are from the south, a redneck can be anywhere thats rural.not all rednecks live in trailor parks. most rednecks are literate and dont have sex with their family memebers. besides half of the royal family in th 1800s had diseases from incest. redneck should be defined as a glorious absence of sophistication. and yes i know wut redneck is because i am from alabama and i would consider myself a redneck but i can read, im not fat, i dont have sex with my cousins, and im not in the kkk.
by true southerner February 19, 2006
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A redneck is a country bumpkin who lives in flatter areas of the US like the Great Plains and coastal plains while hillbillies are people living in more hilly and/or mountainous areas. Rednecks and hillbillies aren't only found in the South, they are also found in the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast too. In fact, Vermont which is a Northeastern state is made entirely of rednecks and hillbillies.
Rednecks are hard working people that are only made fun of by stupid nerds that sit on their computers and jack off to anime porn.
by supertexman February 1, 2008
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an offensive term usually related to farmers busting their asses to give the other americans food, and have a redneck from working in the sun.
also usually incorporated with a fat guy holding a beer, missing several teeth, having a broken down home, and holding a beer(i.e. Larry the cable guy)
and contrasting to popular beliefs, most of the people in Texas DON'T look like that
those Texans are all rednecks
by asfasd December 4, 2005
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Stereotype definition: A white person living in the south or midwest that dislikes minorities, enjoys nascar, hunting and sleeps with family members.

True Definition: A simple person living in a rural area, usually in the south or midwest who is hard working, hence the name redneck from being out in the fields working
I am from the North, New Jersey but I still know that most of the people in the south aren't like the stereotpe definition. A redneck is just a simple hardworking person, the other stuff is just stereotyping.
by Jersey Kid February 21, 2008
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REDNECK, an acronym for:

Rural
Environmental
Dwellers
Necessitating
Eurocentric
Christian
Kindship
REDNECKs love George Bush almost as much as they love Jesus.
by Dagmar Geech April 17, 2007
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